Why has my return not been processed yet, it has been almost 72 hours and it still is not accepted or rejected by the irs at all. I have never had this issue before.

[CatinaT1]

In addition to the other reasons previously mentioned of reasons returns could be held, see below. I know this doesn't address everyone's situation.

If you have Form 5695 and claiming joint occupancy, the IRS will not be accepting these returns until 3/16/25. You can see this on this IRS site. The language you see below is from Row 39 of the Tax Year 2024 spreadsheet.

Taxpayers claiming Joint Occupancy on Form 5695 will have to file via paper if filing their return before the Form 5695 schema is updated in mid-March.  This temporary limitation should only impact a subsection of Form 5695 filers.   For a preview of the TY24 draft form and instructions for Form 5695, please see the Draft tax forms on IRS.gov at https://www.irs.gov/draft-tax-forms. Submission of Forms 5695 that do not claim Joint Occupancy may be e-filed at the start of Processing Year 2025.

[wrestlingbulls11]

What about if you already efiled with form 5695?   Will it just go thru March 16?

[jenxjen]

Here is my update as of 2/3: 

I filed with TT on 1/28 and have been stuck in pending since then...I've NEVER had an issue with my taxes because it's usually pretty straight forward. I thought this year it may have caused a hiccup because I had a tax credit for solar (not EV like so many people seem to be having), so like everyone else, I was told by two TT agents these past few days to WAIT...blah, blah, blah with pretty much the same run around everyone is sharing. 

After reading so many people are in the same boat and it seems TT is the only people having this issue, I decided to take the risk and file with FreeTax USA (I've used their services the last 3 years, should have just stuck with them)....and guess what?! My federal return was ACCEPTED within half an hour. I checked WHERE'S MY REFUND and it shows as it was accepted. So, this HAS to be a TT issue. I'm not saying you should file with another company, but I didn't want to wait MONTHS for my return to even be accepted or wait around fiddling my thumb! Chances are once Federal is accepted w/o any issues, State should be accepted soon as well. Will update when I've been approved for funding! 

Good luck, everyone! 

[CatinaT1]

Yes @wrestlingbulls11 

[momto8]

Update!

I just got off the phone with a supervisor at TurboTax and she verified that my return has in fact not been transmitted to the IRS. It is stuck in limbo. She can look at the account and see that it does not say an agency.

I explained to her my belief that it is a programming issue and is hung up because of the schedule A for the clean vehicle credit versus the regular schedule A and it not being available until February 20, so she filed a investigation for the programming department to look into it. She agreed that's highly possible and she's never seen something like this so she is going to help me get to the bottom of it.

she said I should have an answer in 24-48 hours.

as soon as I hear anything I will report back!

[Piercethestar]

What exactly isn’t available untill the 20th? My co worker just this morning filled with free tax USA and has the ev credit and was already accepted within 25 mins of filling, so just confused lol

[Jcouture377]

Just had TT call me, completely useless. Lady couldn’t even take the time to look at my return to potentially tell me what was wrong. Just said to wait. Absolutely horrible customer service I haven’t experienced in years with TT.

[AJayWalks]

I too spoke with someone last week and they said I’ll hear back by Friday. It’s Monday and I had to call them and still nothing. They still don’t know what the issue is and don’t believe it has anything to do with the EV credit. Though, it’s not sent, they’re still blaming the IRS. Spoke with the IRS and they explained that nothing has been received from TT. So I’m still waiting for a follow up on my investigation ticket that was opened last week. 

[momto8]

Schedule A on the regular 1040 but both of the  forms with TurboTax are called schedule A - the 1041 and the EV one.

[Taxeryisu]

My tax return is finally accepted after 7 days ( I filed on 01/27/2025). I also had an ev vehicle credit. It was stuck in pending for 7 days. I hope everyone’s is accepted soon. Good luck 

[Piercethestar]

Yes me too!! Was ur state accepted 

[Rayfire]

Update as of 11:13am PST, I got notified that IRS has accepted my return. I submitted mine last 1/24. Hopefully others got theirs accepted too.

[miller-e83]

UPDATE!!!

My federal return was just accepted at 2:15pm ET.  I have originally been pending since 1/24 with an EV.

[Jcouture377]

Hoping mine is soon, been pending since 1/23 with an ev

[Taxeryisu]

we don’t have a state tax